86R12001 MM-F
By: Bowers H.B. No. 3139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to service of a notice of an application for a protective
order.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 82.043(c), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Notice of an application for a protective order must be
served on the person [in the same manner as citation under the Texas
Rules of Civil Procedure, except that service by publication is not
authorized].
SECTION 2. Section 82.043, Family Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a notice of an application for a protective
order served on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application for a protective order served before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.